I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

When they arrived at County Road 444 again, it was not completely dark yet. As it had rained yesterday, the ground was covered with mud. When Lu Yao stepped on the mountain road with his rain boots, a layer of wet mud soon covered the soles of his feet.

Before going up the mountain, Lu Yao sent a message to Gu Mingxiao. It was almost six o'clock at that time. According to Lu Yao's estimation, it would take more than an hour to go up the mountain, so she should arrive at Guangming Power Plant around seven-thirty.

After a while, it started drizzling again. Lu Yao took out his raincoat and put it on.

When she came here, she didn't have to think about bringing an umbrella. After all, if she met a ghost, she couldn't hold an umbrella in one hand and a plow in the other.

"Tick-tick-tick..." The raindrops fell on the raincoat. From time to time, big water drops fell from the trees, and it hurt a little when they hit the body.

A thin layer of mist spread across the mountains, making the surrounding dense forest somewhat blurry.

Lu Yao slowly quickened his pace, following the vague dirt road and continued walking up the mountain...

"Zizi..." The phone vibrated, it was Gu Mingxiao's response.

[Sorry, Ayao, I replied late. Are you near there now? ]

Lu Yao looked at the time displayed on his phone, then looked at the dense forest around him, and said to himself in confusion: "Logically speaking, we should be here now."

Yes, looking back at the message she sent out, it was more than an hour ago. According to Lu Yao's memory, she should have been able to see the gate of Guangming Power Plant, but she was still running in the woods.

Something is wrong.

Lu Yao did not show any panic and replied: [Yes, it will be soon. You are giving a preview in the live broadcast room now. I will reply to you later.]

Lu Yao turned on the flashlight. Although she could see in the dark, the alternation of black and white at dusk, coupled with a layer of mist, made it impossible for her to tell the direction.

Through the light of the flashlight, Lu Yao saw that there were trees on both sides of him: "How could this happen? I am not a person with poor directions. I am not going to run around in the woods all night and not even find the Guangming Power Plant."

Because of the rain, there was no sun, and Lu Yao could not rely on the position of the sun to determine the east, south, west and north.

She took out the compass on her phone, only to find that it was spinning in circles.

"Damn it! It's already so troublesome before twelve o'clock?"

In desperation, Lu Yao tried to communicate with Shu Lin: "Uncle, driver uncles, are you still there?"

The shouting fell deep into the dense forest, and the remaining souls of the uncles did not respond to Lu Yao.

Seeing this, Lu Yao stopped and felt as if she was trapped in a situation of time and space dislocation.

Thinking of this, Lu Yao suddenly looked up and saw the leaves above his head. He observed them carefully and found that the leaves on the upper left were slightly lusher.

"Wait, did I run to the north?" Although the changes in the leaves are subtle and difficult to detect without careful observation, you can still notice slight differences if you are careful.

Thinking of this, Lu Yao instantly understood where he was: "Before, I went up the mountain from the south, and the Guangming Power Plant is on the west side of the mountain. Now I am on the north side, so the Guangming Power Plant should be on the east side. No wonder it is getting farther and farther away."

After figuring this out, Lu Yao quickened his pace, relying on the branches to determine the direction of the east, and walked faster.

The confused direction made her feel uneasy. She was sure that she had not taken the wrong path, but seemed to have fallen into a trap. If she could not find the landmark quickly, the danger level today would probably escalate.

After a burst of acceleration, about another hour later, Lu Yao finally saw the towering chimneys on the top of the Guangming Power Plant.

"Huh." After breathing a sigh of relief, Lu Yao ran to the outer edge of the Guangming Power Plant.

The fence railings here are completely different, with several more layers of barbed wire and iron plates, as if to prevent people outside from coming in.

"This should be the back door of Guangming Power Plant." Lu Yao made a rough judgment. She had entered from the main gate before and walked to the front half of Guangming Power Plant. Now she looked through the fence and saw some buildings she had never seen before. This should be the back half of Guangming Power Plant.

Lu Yao thought about it and did not plan to walk along the wall and then enter through the main gate. After all, her destination tonight was not here. She just came to find Lu Ming.

So, standing outside the fence, Lu Yao tried to shout, "Lu Ming, come out quickly, I'm here to pick you up!"

As soon as the words fell, the whole factory fell silent.

"Where did this guy go?" Could it be that he evaporated in just two days because he was too weak?

After walking along the wall, he realized it was already past nine o'clock. Looking at the time, Lu Yao decided to climb directly into the power plant, and found a gap in the wall that was easier to climb.

Lu Yao climbed over the wall, and at that moment, a ray of bright light shone from beside a building in the factory.

“???” Lu Yao was stunned.

Then, someone shouted, "Who? Who's there?!"

"Huh? Is there someone?" Lu Yao was even more confused, but the person had already rushed over with a flashlight and blew a whistle.

"Come quickly, there is a thief here."

Who...who is the thief? No, what's going on?

Before Lu Yao could react, several footsteps were heard, and they hurriedly ran towards Lu Yao, as if they wanted to catch her.

Without time to think, Lu Yao fell back in an instant, climbed over the wall, turned off the flashlight in his hand, found a corner beside the wall and hid there.

At this moment, she heard footsteps approaching from the wall, running to where she was, and sweeping the flashlight everywhere.

Lu Yao held her breath. Regardless of what was coming, she had a feeling that she must not be caught by this group of people.

Soon, Lu Yao heard the conversation between the people in the wall: "Did he run away?"

"Would you like to go out and take a look?"

"Are you crazy? Behind this is Bifeng Village. Recently, Bifeng Village has been haunted and many people have escaped. Who would dare to go to the back door at this time? Besides, this year is an even-numbered disaster year, so it's better to be careful."

"It could be that the kids from Bifeng Village came to the factory to steal food again. Don't worry about it."

"After work, let's go down the mountain to have a drink. The new guy Lu Ming said he would treat everyone to a meal."

They chatted for a while, checked a few more times, and finally walked away, leaving Lu Yao in shock.

Escape from the haunted Bifeng Village? Even-numbered disaster years? The new Lu Ming?

Has she traveled through time?

I ran to the year when the Guangming Power Plant accident happened!

Lu Yao hurriedly took out his cell phone and sent a message to Gu Mingxiao: [Ah Xiao, can you receive my WeChat? ]

[What's up, what did you just post?] Gu Mingxiao quickly replied, urging, [Ayao, it's almost ten o'clock, why don't you enter the live broadcast room?]

The phone is fine.

Lu Yao opened the live broadcast room, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw the excited messages from fans, one after another.

I only heard fans say: [Hey, what new mosaic did the Ape Master make today? Does Tik Tok have new special effects? ]

Looking at herself in the live broadcast room, Lu Yao saw that her entire body was in a blurry shadow state. Compared to before when she just covered her face, now her outline was like a spliced ​​frame, and even her figure and clothes could not be seen.